Takes All Over The Place

Hi Gemstones! Julie and Nick are on their own this week, Emma is off taking care of our takes baby! Yay Emma! We miss her terribly, but comforted ourselves with talk of the most beautiful, sad episode of a mushroom zombie show EVER! Julie watched the "comedy" You People, while Nick continued his downward spiral by checking out Suits. There are many tweets to be had and a quick game of Heads Up!&nb...

We're still on baby watch, but had time for some terrifying tv!  The fungus amongus on The Last of Us is still searing in our brains. Luckily the palette cleanser known as the Traitors has us learning to count and feeling smug! Nick continues his rewatch of the Bold Type and gives us the low down from down under at the Australian open. We discuss the snatch game from RuPaul and the real "frie...

There is a whole range of terrifying television that we’ve been watching - from the very good but scary Last of Us to the super cringey Milf Manor and the confounding Real Friends of WeHo promos. Nick’s also back on a captivating wellness journey and we’ve got a new game - courtesy of Nick Jonas somehow. Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes | wellness journey, the weight loss app, The Last of Us, Milf Ma...

We’ve got a special guest in studio this week! Julie’s sister Rebecca joins the pod to chat about Tik Tok, time with family, the drama in the House, the return of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and to declare a rematch in $100,000 Pyramid! Will the Sunderland sisters prevail or will the Cotters stay winning? Let’s find out! Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes | defense mechanism, basketball documentary, unholy, go...

We’re starting 2023 with a bit of a regression, but not letting it get us down or stop our flow. Luckily, Glass Onion was a genuinely delightful film we all enjoyed this week and spoiled (sort of) in this episode. Julie also watched Top Gun Maverick and reveals the winner of our tweet of 2022 bracket and Nick is wearing just enough clothing for recording comfort. Show Notes: @1:30 - Hot takes | NY...

Happy New Year Gemstones! Before we take on 2023, we do our best to remember all the amazing television of 2022 - and there really was a lot! Pachinko and Severance were stand outs, Attorney Woo stole our hearts, Nick discovered Boy Love and Claire Danes does a lot with the one face. Reminisce with us, (feel free to correct our perception of time), and if you’re looking for something to watch this...

We considered taking a break for the holidays, but we had to jump on for a lil bit to talk about the Survivor 43 finale, other random nonsense, and this week’s top tweets. Enjoy a mini-sode and have a safe and sparkly holiday time! Show Notes: @:30 - Hot takes | Little Larry episode, Survivor finale, The Challenge, what else to watch?, Sex Lives of College Girls @16:00 - Tweets of the Week | Gobli...

The party in Sicily is over (for some) but we’re excited to root around in the aftermath of this amazing season of White Lotus. We also get ready for the finale of the current season of Survivor, reminisce on Mike White’s season of Survivor and take a peek at what Twitter has told Nick about the forthcoming Last of Us on HBO. Nick also starts a rumor that MILF Island (as joked on 30 Rock) might be...

Our hosts are in harrowing times as Nick’s body debates sushi and Julie’s tires reject air. Nevertheless, they make it to record and talk all about the chaos of White Lotus, a burgeoning Wednesday Addams obsession, Sort Of, Sex Lives of College Girls and more! Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes | silver fox, Yaris, person forward person, White Lotus, Wednesday, Cherry Magic, Sort of, Mindy Kaling, Flei...

There’s so much fun on the tv these days, which is good because Nick’s exhausted from his cyber Monday shopping and Julie may never go to the park again. Nick convinced us to give 1899 a try (reactions and spoilers inside), White Lotus continues to get more amazing (Aubrey Plaza is breaking bad?), Chris Hemsworth is inspiringly Limitless in his Disney+ series and the winner of Big Brunch has had t...

We’ve got a holiday weekend worth of fun, fresh content to dive into (once Nick finishes watching Twilight). The new show Fleishman is in Trouble brings us a surprisingly mysterious stroll through NYC, White Lotus is about to descend into delicious chaos, Dan Levy and the impeccable Sohla El-Waylly guide chefs through a heartwarming brunch competition and Mindy Kaling’s College Girls are back. Hop...

Nick tries to keep his eyes closed to the dramatic conclusions of Love is Blind, but we can’t let him live in the dark, Julie and Zac Efron take another tour of the world and learn how save it, and Survivor 43 gives Jeanine a chance to get some rest. Next week we’ve got the finale of GBBO, brunch with Dan Levy and Home for the Holidays for our Patreon subscribers. Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes | b...

It’s election night (as of recording) and we’re under a beaver blood moon, so naturally the conversation is about Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina, menstruation, Nick’s face and the Star Trek movies featuring Chris Pine. We also spend some time in Sicily with White Lotus, in Greece with the new Knives Out trailer, and in Argentina with The Challenge: Ride or Dies. Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes |...

Unedited and as filtered as they can make themselves, Nick and Julie are coming at you live-ish so that we get to your ear holes on time. Don’t worry, they’re brimming with takes about motivational speakers, Amazing Race, Nick’s latest boy love journey and funny tweets with a side of Elon Musk ranting. You won’t be disappointed. Show Notes: @:30 - Hot takes | facial hair, Amazing Race,  tv re...

Nick’s takes a wilder than ever this week with a bizarre ranking of great (and less great) actors and a direct line from Sam Smith’s Unholy to a classic Christmas song. Julie keeps us on track with the best and worst of tv this week, hilarious tweets and lots of sugar. Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes | Album drops - T Swift and Carly Rae, Unholy, Lawrence Fishburne vs Mandy Moore, melatonin, Dragon...

Nick invested in a statement wall as preparation for a family party, and Julie invested some time in Christian Bale videos on Youtube. Spooky season continues with a little peak into the sit com Ghosts and incest continues with the penultimate episode of House of Dragons’ first season. Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes | family party, dragon tales, Leslie Jones’ instagram, Christian Bale, Survivor 43,...

Nick dives into spooky season by going back to the beginning of American Horror Story and Julie celebrates the season in her own way - with her new favorite tik tok chef and the Bling Empire crew, back for Season 3. We’re also watching Season 43 of Survivor, HBO’s Dragon Tales and ranking some gems from the world of Twitter. Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes | fear games, tik tok, Chef Reacts, Bling E...

Julie watched Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga on Netflix and we may have briefly become a tech/money podcast. We snapped back to (our) reality with Survivor and Abbott Elementary, were entertained by a boom week in the world of funny tweets and played a couple more rounds of Blank Slate - still trying to all get on the same page. Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes | Huluween Dragstravaganza, Dahmer - b...

Nick’s still feeling fit and mobile in his vacay afterglow and Julie’s cozying up to the nostalgic Picket Fences as the fall weather approaches. We all watched Do Revenge and started the season of Survivor, along with some joyous tweet and new game wackiness. Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes | Running routine, jamming, Do Revenge, Survivor, Younger, Picket Fences, The Challenge, Dragon Tales, Abbott...

Nick is back and his storytelling game is strong. We get a wonderful recap of his time in the mountains (with some CRUCIAL missing details, only available on our latest Blerg!). Then we talk about Abbott Elementary, which Nick and the Emmy’s recently acknowledged though Julie’s been singing it’s praises for a year, and other nonsense the algorithm threw at us like the Love is Blind retreat episode...

Nick’s been scooting down the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, so Julie brought her friend Kara into the studio to chat and to compete. They have dueling “getting to know you” questions, they vie for who watches the best worst reality tv and they almost come to a stalemate in a game of Taboo. Show Notes: @1:30 - Hot takes | Potty talk, getting to know you (Kara), ugly hot, House of the Dragon,...

Nick’s giddy about sabotaging his place of work, leaving on a jet plane, and (most importantly) finally diving into the wonderful world of Woo. Nick will be missed while on vacation, but Julie’s got a fleet of home renovators and sellers on Netflix keeping her company and I’m sure we’ll find many more content holes before next week. Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes | Nick watched Woo, rainforest cafe...

Nick’s vacation prep is in full effect and that means a buffet of chicken fries, a roll call of what medical practitioners he has available (left) and a review of plane-induced panic behaviors from both of our hosts. We let the intrusive thoughts win in the tweets of the week and go for the win in this week’s game of poetry for neanderthals. Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes | Nick’s buffet, medical p...

Somehow we’re still trying to convince Nick to watch the K-drama that everyone else is watching - Extraordinary Attorney Woo - but don’t worry, he forged is own road path and found the gayest and hardest to stream show he could - Semantic Error. Julie went down a Tyson Apostol rabbit hole, they challenged each other to a Game of Thrones trivia contest, and we rounded it out with a healthy handful...

Nick’s K-pop lessons continue - because he led us astray last week - and Julie might be getting into it? Maybe she’s just been softened by the romance of Never Have I Ever season 3 and Indian Matchmaking (both on Netflix). And whatever our brains had going for them was thoroughly scrambled by a game of Poetry for Neanderthals (thanks Stacy!) Show Notes: @1:00 - Hot takes | Where’s the dance?!, res...